لَأُعَذِّبَنَّهُۥ
عَذَابٗا
شَدِيدًا
أَوۡ
لَأَاْذۡبَحَنَّهُۥٓ
أَوۡ
لَيَأۡتِيَنِّي
بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ
مُّبِينٖ
٢١

I will surely subject him to a severe punishment, or ˹even˺ slaughter him, unless he brings me a compelling excuse.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

27:22

فَمَكَثَ

غَيۡرَ

بَعِيدٖ

فَقَالَ

أَحَطتُ

بِمَا

لَمۡ

تُحِطۡ

بِهِۦ

وَجِئۡتُكَ

مِن

سَبَإِۭ

بِنَبَإٖ

يَقِينٍ

٢٢

It was not long before the bird came and said, “I have found out something you do not know. I have just come to you from Sheba with sure news.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

27:23

إِنِّي

وَجَدتُّ

ٱمۡرَأَةٗ

تَمۡلِكُهُمۡ

وَأُوتِيَتۡ

مِن

كُلِّ

شَيۡءٖ

وَلَهَا

عَرۡشٌ

عَظِيمٞ

٢٣

Indeed, I found a woman ruling over them,¹ who has been given everything ˹she needs˺, and who has a magnificent throne.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

27:24

وَجَدتُّهَا

وَقَوۡمَهَا

يَسۡجُدُونَ

لِلشَّمۡسِ

مِن

دُونِ

ٱللَّهِ

وَزَيَّنَ

لَهُمُ

ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ

أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ

فَصَدَّهُمۡ

عَنِ

ٱلسَّبِيلِ

فَهُمۡ

لَا

يَهۡتَدُونَ

٢٤

I found her and her people prostrating to the sun instead of Allah. For Satan has made their deeds appealing to them—hindering them from the ˹Right˺ Way and leaving them unguided—

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

27:25

أَلَّاۤ

يَسۡجُدُواْۤ

لِلَّهِ

ٱلَّذِي

يُخۡرِجُ

ٱلۡخَبۡءَ

فِي

ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ

وَيَعۡلَمُ

مَا

تُخۡفُونَ

وَمَا

تُعۡلِنُونَ

٢٥

so they do not prostrate to Allah, Who brings forth what is hidden in the heavens and the earth, and knows what you ˹all˺ conceal and what you reveal.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

27:26